Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 23/38] shpc: split shpc_free from shpc_cleanup

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:58:12AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 17/09/2013 11:24, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
> >> @@ -630,15 +630,21 @@ int shpc_bar_size(PCIDevice *d)
> >>  void shpc_cleanup(PCIDevice *d, MemoryRegion *bar)
> >>  {
> >>      SHPCDevice *shpc = d->shpc;
> >> +    /* TODO: cleanup config space changes? */
> >>      d->cap_present &= ~QEMU_PCI_CAP_SHPC;
> >>      memory_region_del_subregion(bar, &shpc->mmio);
> >> -    /* TODO: cleanup config space changes? */
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +void shpc_free(PCIDevice *d)
> >> +{
> >> +    SHPCDevice *shpc = d->shpc;
> >>      g_free(shpc->config);
> >>      g_free(shpc->cmask);
> >>      g_free(shpc->wmask);
> >>      g_free(shpc->w1cmask);
> >>      memory_region_destroy(&shpc->mmio);
> >>      g_free(shpc);
> >> +    d->shpc = NULL;
> 
> I dislike having random dangling pointers.

I don't care much (though there's something to be
said for not initializing memory you don't expect to be
used - it's a compact way to document no one will look at it).

But if this is changed I'd like to do such changes in
a separate patch.

>  But it's not that bad if I
> move the clearing of QEMU_PCI_CAP_SHPC from shpc_cleanup to shpc_free.
> 
> Paolo

Yea.